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From Whittow (1993): A small albatross (79-81 cm long; wing span 195-203 cm; mean body mass = 2.4 kg, range 1.9-3.1). Legs and webbed feet flesh pink. Bill pink with gray hooked tip. Head, neck, and underparts white. Upper wings and back dark sooty brown. Narrow white U-shaped area between dark upper rump an tail. Dark tail band visible during flight. Underwings have thick black leading edges an...

See Balch (1981) for detailed information on skua identification. Source: Encyclopedia of Life